What meals have you had so far this week?

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I love getting ideas from other peoples meals, I generally cook from scratch and try and avoid UPF but try to take a common sense approach.
I'm feeling board and looking for inspiration.

Monday
Frozen pizza with added toppings, salad.

Tuesday
Burgers, coleslaw and potato wedges
(All homemade except the buns)

Wednesday
Sweet and sour pork with rice
(cooked from scratch)

Tonight we are having chicken fried rice. I'm roasting a chicken and will use some of that, along with the leftover rice from last night and some veg from the fridge and freezer.

Tomorrow I will make a chicken curry with the rest of the chicken.

Sausage and mash, green beans, carrots and cauliflower.
Salmon & rice, cauliflower & brocolli
Pork Goulash, jacket potato, peas, carrots & broccoli
McDonalds one day as it was my daughter’s birthday choice!
Tomorrow is spaghetti & meatballs.

Pork goulash is really nice, I used red and yellow peppers (not green) and it’s more interesting than casserole.

Last week I made ratatouille from scratch following a Julia Child’s French recipe and it was amazing - took ages though. Half the family loved it, the other half tolerated it. We had it with sea bass, again this was loved by me and eldest daughter, less popular with hubs and younger daughter.

Sunday: Red Thai curry
Monday: lentil bolognese
Tuesday: dirty fries (potato wedges, smothered in chilli and cheese with home made guacamole and salsa
Wednesday: a roasted cauliflower and puy lentil puttanesca thing with quinoa
Today: homemade minestrone with orzo and loads of beans

Sunday - roast pork, roasties, sprouts, stuffing and veg
Monday - leftover roast pork, chopped up and cooked in leftover King Po sauce, with noodles (I got a new Chinese Takeaway recipe book, so lots from there recently)
Tuesday - minced beef in tomato and smoked paprika sauce, with peppers, baked potato and cheese
Wednesday - chicken fried rice (using previously poached chicken)
Thursday - DH had a pizza, I had more chicken fried rice because I had rice and chicken left over from the night before - waste not, want not!

I haven't decided what we're having tomorrow or Saturday, but I'm planning tea-smoked chicken for Sunday (from the new book)

Edited to add: I've decided Saturday will be Irish stew :)

Monday chicken and rice one pot (chicken, chorizo, peppers, rice and lots of spices with peas thrown in at the end)
Tuesday Salmon, parmentier potatoes and tender stem broccoli
Wednesday DS made a curry (was a bit hot for me but I ate it!)
Thursday went out for late lunch so no tea (bruschetta, calamari and tiramisu)
Friday is freezer Friday.

Corned beef hash
leek and potato soup
chicken burgers, chips and corn on cob
chicken in satay sauce rice and veg
roast dinner

Sunday - batch cooked a huge pot of ham hough and lentil soup so had a couple of bowls with crusty bread
monday - pasta bolognaise with loads of Parmesan on top and side salad
tuesday - fish cakes, parsley sauce and mixed veg
wednesday - chicken in sweet and sour sauce and rice
Thursday - Salmon fillets in honey/mustard, Brussels sprouts, broccoli and fine beans

tomorrow will be either macaroni cheese with pulled pork or a takeaway Indian curry, will see how we feel.

Sun - lasagne, salad and garlic bread
Mon - soup with cheese toasties
Tue - sausage, mash, cauli cheese, green beans, broccoli
Wed - freezer food
Thu - pork ragu with pasta
Fri - chilli con carni with rice and nachos
Sat - out

Mon-cottage pie,broccoli and gravy
tues-jacket potatoes,beans and cheese
wed- dinner out
thurs-Asian chicken meatballs,cauliflower rice,pickled cucumber and courgettes
fri-courgette and tomato pasta
sat - chicken curry and cauliflower rice
sun-not sure yet
all meals home cooked and from scratch

I'm on mat leave ATM so more time to cook lunches and dinners which is nice!

Have made:

• Pumpkin soup, which then became pumpkin, leek and potato soup for day 2 with cheesy croutons
• the viral salmon sushi salad bowl recipe (super delicious!)
• veggie shepherd's pie with swede and sweet potato mash
• egg fried rice with grated cabbage and carrots

And a maple, banana, pecan cake 😋

The DC have had reheated meals from the freezer all week (cottage pie, curry etc) with a pile of frozen veg on the side. I've had plain toast because I've been getting in so late I can't be bothered with anything else.

Monday Jacket potatoes with tuna mayo and salad
Tuesday curried lamb mince, home made potato chips and salsa and homemade cucumber and yogurt dip
Wednesday Fish pie and carrots and peas
Tonight beef meatballs steamed green vegetables and mash potatoes

Monday - Pasta and garlic bread
Tuesday - Shepherd's pie
Wednesday - Home made fish and chips
Thursday - Slow cooker garlic butter chicken

Then we're away for the weekend

Chicken and chick pea curry with wholemeal rice and broccoli ( Tues & Weds)
Roast Salmon and salad today
French onion soup with toasted cheese
takeaway pizza
roast chicken lunch in pub and chocolate birthday cake ( separately) on Sunday

Sunday - roast chicken dinner
monday - scrambled egg on sourdough
Tues - chicken stir fry
Weds - chicken curry & rice
Thurs - random fridge plate of salad, arancini, olives etc.

Monday- prawn Thai green curry and rice
Tuesday- slow cooker hoisin, honey and garlic chicken and noodles
Wednesday- roast chicken, garlic crushed new potatoes, corn on the cob and broccoli
Thursday- chicken fajitas
Friday- leftover roast chicken, leek and bacon pie, mash, peas and carrots, gravy

It has been a chicken heavy week!!

Jacket potato, cheese and beans with veg. All done in the microwave. Every day for at least the past 3 months.

Can you tell I'm over 50, live alone and am disabled.

I promise I used to cook, I have 2 DC who no longer live at home!

Monday - chicken prawn stir fry with rice
Tuesday - sirloin steak, sweet potato fries, asparagus and mushrooms
wednesday - home made chicken tikka masala with rice and salad and a cheeky naan with mango chutney
Thursday - sea bass, baby potatos and tender stem broccoli with a Lemon garlic Greek yogurt dipping sauce
friday - crispy skin, marinaded chicken thighs with Mediterranean veg and rice

Monday
Left over roast dinner
Tuesday
Pasta bake with chicken and broccoli
Wednesday
Chill Con carne
Thursday
Beans on toast
Tomorrow
Fish and chips

Monday: salmon fried rice with broccoli and spring onion (salmon leftover from Saturday's sesame salmon)
Tuesday: Roast beef #2- we had the full works on Sunday, so on Tuesday I did a do-over just for me, with baked potato instead of roast, leftover cauliflower cheese, gravy and peas.
Wednesday: a kebab from the kebab van, followed by chocolate trifle. Just me on my own again and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Thursday: Pasta and meatballs- meatballs from the freezer, I don't think they were homemade cos the texture was more like ready made. The sauce I made from scratch though.
Friday/Saturday: no idea, will be eating out as we're going to visit ds2 at uni.

Roast chicken on sunday
pasta with a tuna chilli and tomato sauce
fajitas with leftover roast chicken
slow cooker mexican pork
chicken fried rice and
tomorrow pizzas made on flatbreads

Salmon stir fry
Pie & chips
Pasta bake
Chicken curry
Spag Bol

Jerk tofu, rice and peas with fried plantains.
Vegetable Red Thai curry
Burger and chips
Cheese and onion pie, chips and baked beans
Roasted cauliflower steaks and veg.
Lentil & Mushroom shepherds pie (I do half white potatoes and sweet potatoes)
Veg Stir Fry with noodles

I like these posts for inspiration when I get stuck in a rut. Our evenings are so busy that I tend to stick to quick easy things that I know everyone will eat.

This week so far we’ve had; a meatball pasta bake, katsu chicken with noodles, taco bowls with wedges and chorizo carbonara. Nothing to set the world alight.

Mon- fish and chips from the chippy.

Tue- lentil and veg bolognese with wholewheat spaghetti.

Wed- roasted veg and cheese quiche with a sweet potato base.

Thur- turned the rest of Tuesday’s bolognese sauce into a chilli and had it with rice.

Crisps and dip.
cheese on toast.
cheese on toast and dip.

depressed eating.